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The dam appeared to break in 2024, as South African phenom Tyla made Grammy and chart history. But for a wide field of buzzed-about voices, the path to a crossover has narrowed.

An in-depth look into the past and present of rap’s favorite drug.

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The case turned into a circus that reasserted how exploitative and inhumane hip-hop fandom has become

Industry insiders have been offering absolutely terrible odds for humanity’s future—on bizarre pretenses.

The Intercept and 404 Media discuss the government’s growing use of private contractors, from Flock to Claude, to surveil and kill abroad and at home.

The unflinching multidisciplinary artist has long welcomed new challenges. With the release of a new album and a new book, he embraces the role his career has been building toward: investigative poet.

Now she unites us in grief.

From making music to launching a huge literacy program, the singer always took her work seriously. Eventually, the rest of us caught up.

Today marks an unfathomable loss: Dolly Parton has died. Brilliant artist, devoted philanthropist, remarkable human; to list her achievements here feels redundant, as the cult of Dolly has long since ...

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On their “The R&B Tour,” Usher and Chris Brown reignite debates about the future of the genre, over three hours of disjointed performance.

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The seasoned criminals of “Cool Machine” adapt to the chaos, striving, and gentrification of the 1980s.

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Rather than get rid of ALPR cameras entirely, many cities and towns are switching to Axon, whose cameras can be mounted to an existing streetlamp, helping them blend into their surroundings.

The seasoned criminals of “Cool Machine” adapt to the chaos, striving, and gentrification of the 1980s.

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What if toxic pollutants traveled up the socioeconomic ladder rather than down it? A Black biochemist provides an answer in this wildly original novel of pollution, poison, and dark pleasureIn Atla…

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